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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Azerbaijan Human
Rights Defenders Raise Alarm At Child Prostitution Echo, 4/2/2004 At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] "Sexual
exploitation of under age girls in night bars of ***
ARCHIVES *** Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/azerbaijan/ [accessed 23 August
2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - Recruitment of minors for prostitution (involving a
minor in immoral acts) is punishable by up to eight years in prison. The law
prohibits pornography; its production, distribution, or advertisement is
punishable by three years’ imprisonment. Statutory rape is punishable by up
to three years’ imprisonment. The minimum age for consensual sex is 16. Law enforcement
agencies prosecuted cases of sexual violence against children. For example,
on July 26, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Prosecutor General’s Office
announced the arrest of [name withheld] in Baku for sexual acts against
minors. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 22 August
2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 167] Children in
Azerbaijan are subjected to sexual exploitation domestically. (2,3,27) Street
children, many of whom become
homeless after they are released from government-run orphanages and
correctional facilities, and
children from marginalized communities are particularly vulnerable to human
trafficking. (1-3,27) Children living in border towns and economically
depressed rural communities are also especially vulnerable to human trafficking. (2,3,28). Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 6 June 1997 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/azerbaijan1997.html [accessed 25
February 2011] [23] While
welcoming the fact that the State party has recently released a study on
children working and/or living on the street, the recent increase in the
number of such children is a matter of concern. The Committee also expresses
its serious concern at the increase in the number of child prostitutes, and
that the State party does not have a clear strategy to combat the abuse and
sexual exploitation of children. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC] ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Consortium for
Street Children Consortium for
Street Children, 2004 At one time this article
had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 13
September 2011] Street children in The Protection
Project - Azerbaijan The www.protectionproject.org/human_rights_reports/report_documents/azerbaijan.doc [accessed 2009] FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - Poor social and economic
conditions for women and children make them vulnerable to trafficking.
Women’s lower social status and lack of decently paid work opportunities
compel them to seek employment outside of Azerbaijan. Furthermore, with the collapse of the
Soviet Union, the social welfare system ceased to function effectively in
Azerbaijan, thereby forcing many children onto the streets, where they are vulnerable
to exploitation. –
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EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61637.htm [accessed 4 February
2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The country was primarily a country of origin and transit for trafficked
women, men, and children for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Russian,
Central Asian, and local women and girls were trafficked from or through the
country to the All
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